Discover the Power of a Boring Distributed Database

A Distributed Database So Boring, It Does All the Work for You: RavenDB's automatic caching, MapReduce, and setup wizard eliminate developer workload. Scaling up is effortless and performance is lightning-fast, making it the ideal solution for reducing overhead in Big Data management.

David Ben Horin

David Ben Horin

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An IT developer with nothing to do because his distributed database is doing all the work.

Why should your database add to your development team's workload? Aren't they busy enough? Why should scaling out your database to handle new information coming into your business cost you time, money, and a headache?

Shouldn't a distributed data network make life easier for Big Data applications?

Every CTO, Data Architect, and DevOps Engineer deserves a database so boring it leaves them with nothing to do.

Unleash the Power of Boredom

When my boss declared that his goal was to make our database the most boring product ever, my jaw dropped.

In marketing, we don't do boring. Even the guy in accounting gets airbrushed with a funky tie! But here's the thing:

An application is like a body. There are parts like the face, muscles, or body frame that catch the eye. But then there are the less glamorous parts, like the brain, heart, and large intestines that usually go unnoticed.

Someone might say, “Wow, you look great! Have you been running?”

But nobody is known for how sexy their pulmonary arteries are.

However, if your brain, heart, or large intestine isn't functioning properly, you have some serious problems. Instead of flaunting a ripped abdomen or 8% body fat, you'll be checking your blood pressure daily while drinking cranberry juice.

You want your internal organs to be so boring that you rarely have to give them a moment's notice, allowing you to focus your time and attention on bigger things.

The same should be true for your database. RavenDB's motto is: It just works.

Our goal is to continuously build a distributed database that makes life so simple for you, the Roaring 20's will feel like the Boring 20's.

RavenDB's Efficient Setup and Self-Management Make Big Data Management a Breeze

An exasperated Data Architect or DevOps Engineer worried about building his database in time.

Our mission is to be boring in so many ways:

Our setup wizard ensures installation, configuration, and security are efficient and straightforward. Your database will focus on the labyrinth of details that come with each objective as you simply dictate what you want.

RavenDB is self-managing in production, so you can handle your database without extra overhead. How boring are we? Our goal is for RavenDB to work at the nerve center of your applications for years without you even knowing it's there.

With our data distributed NoSQL solution, managing big data projects is a breeze. Our distributed database can handle massive amounts of data at peak performance.

Like a heart quietly pumping blood and oxygen throughout your body, RavenDB silently moves data to the edges of your system and back, bringing your applications to life.

Embrace simplicity, unleash creativity, and let RavenDB handle the rest!

Simplify Developer Workload with GUI, Automatic Caching, and Full Featured Built In Tools

From a graphical interface (GUI) that can handle nearly everything in our API, to automatic caching and MapReduce, our distributed database strives to do everything it can to minimize the workload for developers and users alike.

Revolutionize Your Big Data Speed: RavenDB's Performance Crushes InMemory Databases

Don't worry about performance. RavenDB is faster than InMemory databases that don't even offer ACID guarantees. We handle everything behind the scenes so you don't have to stress squeezing more performance out of the cloud.

You'll work faster and provision fewer cloud resources, boosting your ROI without changing a thing!

When it comes to big data management, RavenDB helps you move massive data sets at optimal speed. Our seamless performance and effortless scalability will keep your applications running smoothly, leaving you free to focus on innovation and growth.

No More Add-Ons: Full-Text Search, Spatial Queries, Time Series and More Already Included!

We've put every function inside your database, so you don't need third-party applications adding to the workload.

  • Full-text search? It's in there.
  • MapReduce? Tell the addon to take the day off.
  • Spatial queries, high-availability, data distribution, full-blown client APIs, and encryption? It's yours from day one.
  • We even give you a first-class GUI.

No need to go shopping this Black Friday; you've got everything you need.

It's all under the hood: spatial search, automatic caching, automatic indexing, optimistic concurrency, and so much more. This spares you a lot of complexity and cost.

We're responsible for provisioning, setup, security, system monitoring, managing update patches, backups, and scaling out your cluster on demand.

Instead of seeing a team of developers frantically working to manage these chores, you have a quiet database doing it all for you.

From Setup to Scaling: There's even more to the bore!

With RavenDB's distributed database, you get everything you need:

  • Configuration, maintaining hardware servers, managing your database's performance
  • Easy scaling, time-series data processing for IoT and Big Data
  • High-availability and major updates

We improved performance by over 1,000% in our last major version and are always finding ways to keep moving the performance needle forward, saving you a lot of money. This should give your accountants more time to do other things, like picking out funky ties.

Boredom is having nothing to do, and we want every developer to feel that way about managing their data so they can focus on creating the best application out there.